1993 Superbike World Championship

The 1993 Superbike World Championship was the sixth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 9 April at Brands Hatch; the fourteenth and last round, which was due to be held on the weekend of 7 November in Mexico City, was cancelled on Saturday as a result of track safety issues.^[1]

Scott Russell won the riders' championship with 5 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results[]

1993 calendar[2]
Round		Country	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Ireland[N 1]	Brands Hatch	9 April	Scott Russell	Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
	R2					Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
2	R1	Germany	Hockenheim	9 May	Scott Russell	Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
	R2					Aaron Slight	Scott Russell	Team Kawasaki Muzzy
3	R1	Spain	Albacete	29 May	Aaron Slight	Aaron Slight	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
	R2					Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
4	R1	San Marino[N 2]	Misano	27 June	Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
	R2					Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
5	R1	Austria	Österreichring	11 July	Scott Russell	Andreas Meklau	Andreas Meklau	Team Ducati Schnyder
	R2					Giancarlo Falappa	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
6	R1	Czech Republic	Brno	18 July	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
	R2					Carl Fogarty	Scott Russell	Team Kawasaki Muzzy
7	R1	Sweden	Anderstorp	8 August	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
	R2					Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
8	R1	Malaysia	Johor	22 August	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
	R2					Scott Russell	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
9	R1	Japan	Sugo	28 August	Carl Fogarty	Keiichi Kitagawa	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
	R2					Carl Fogarty	Scott Russell	Team Kawasaki Muzzy
10	R1	Netherlands	Assen	12 September	Carl Fogarty	Scott Russell	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
	R2					Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
11	R1	Italy	Monza	26 September	Scott Russell	Giancarlo Falappa	Aaron Slight	Team Kawasaki Muzzy
	R2					Fabrizio Pirovano	Giancarlo Falappa	Team Raymond Roche Ducati
12	R1	United Kingdom	Donington	3 October	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Scott Russell	Team Kawasaki Muzzy
	R2					Scott Russell	Scott Russell	Team Kawasaki Muzzy
13	R1	Portugal	Estoril	17 October	Aaron Slight	Simon Crafar	Fabrizio Pirovano	Team Yamaha BYRD
	R2					Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Team Raymond Roche Ducati

Footnotes

Championship standings[]

In each race, points were awarded as follows:

Riders' standings[]

1993 final riders' standings[3] Pos. Rider Bike Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2‡ R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Scott Russell Kawasaki 2 2 6 1 Ret 2 4 2 3 7 2 1 4 2 2 2 8 1 2 2 2 5 1 1 Ret 2 378.5 2 Carl Fogarty Ducati Ret DNS 3 7 1 1 5 3 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 4 4 2 Ret Ret 1 349.5 3 Aaron Slight Kawasaki 5 6 4 4 2 3 6 6 2 Ret 3 Ret 8 5 4 6 6 4 3 6 1 2 3 2 3 5 316 4 Fabrizio Pirovano Yamaha 17 3 2 5 4 7 3 11 Ret 18 4 4 3 4 3 3 7 5 Ret 4 3 3 4 6 1 3 290 5 Giancarlo Falappa Ducati 1 1 1 3 Ret Ret 1 1 6 1 5 Ret 2 3 Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret 7 Ret 1 Ret 5 4 4 255 6 Piergiorgio Bontempi Kawasaki Ret Ret 30 9 3 6 Ret 7 5 15 7 6 7 8 6 4 9 Ret 6 10 Ret 8 5 8 2 10 184.5 7 Stéphane Mertens Ducati 6 4 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 10 9 Ret 10 3 6 6 5 5 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 7 DNQ DNQ 172 8 Terry Rymer Yamaha Ret 5 8 Ret 7 9 9 9 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 10 7 7 9 DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 5 6 116 9 Yamaha Ret Ret 9 13 13 18 19 DNS 12 16 Ret 7 9 Ret 8 10 14 12 9 8 6 9 9 10 Ret 12 102 10 Ducati 13 12 16 Ret 12 10 2 4 Ret 5 6 Ret Ret Ret 7 9 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 94.5 11 Fred Merkel Yamaha 7 7 Ret 12 9 12 91.5 Ducati 10 Ret 11 2 Ret 5 12 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 9 12 Juan Garriga Ducati 11 8 Ret 2 6 5 7 5 71 13 Kawasaki 3 Ret 21 20 Ret 10 Ret 16 8 12 6 9 8 8 66 14 Yamaha Ret Ret 11 Ret 16 15 11 12 7 9 14 8 13 9 Ret 12 Ret Ret 12 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 64.5 15 Andreas Meklau Ducati 1 3 7 7 7 7 63.5 16 James Whitham Yamaha Ret Ret 11 11 5 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 58 17 Kawasaki 17 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 10 20 17 16 10 7 10 Ret 16 11 13 13 9 14 Ret 19 Ret 19 49 18 Adrien Morillas Kawasaki 4 11 5 8 Ret 13 13 Ret Ret Ret 43 19 Kawasaki 7 Ret 11 10 8 12 8 Ret 40 20 Keiichi Kitagawa Kawasaki 2 2 34 21 Simon Crafar Ducati Ret 10 8 8 6 Ret 32 22 Honda 10 Ret 19 21 Ret 24 15 18 17 8 21 13 16 Ret Ret 23 5 10 22 18 31 23 Yamaha 14 15 13 10 Ret 12 11 Ret 12 13 Ret 16 DNQ DNQ 19 16 13 13 31 24 Kawasaki 3 3 30 25 Ducati Ret 13 Ret 24 23 Yamaha 8 8 16 Ret 12 Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 26 Kawasaki Ret 10 25 Ret 8 6 15 14 15 Ret 23 27 Dominique Sarron Yamaha 13 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 9 11 20 28 Suzuki 14 Ret 18 22 Ret 22 17 19 22 12 17 11 Ret 11 19 Ret 14 13 19 29 Ducati 18 Ret 24 26 15 17 12 17 Ret Ret 13 9 21 Ret Ret 16 13 Ret 21 Ret 19 Ret Ret 22 17 16 18 30 Ducati 12 11 8 Ret 17 31 Ducati Ret 15 Ret 15 5 Ret Ret 13 16 32 Ducati 11 6 15 33 Kawasaki 14 13 Ret 24 10 11 21 Ret 14.5 34 Niall Mackenzie Ducati Ret 4 13 35 Yamaha Ret 15 7 DNS 16 15 Ret Ret 11 36 Yamaha 12 9 20 23 19 19 11 37 Kawasaki 15 22 18 14 10 14 11 38 Christian Lavieille Ducati 18 Ret 14 Ret DNQ DNQ 11 13 16 15 11 39 Rob Phillis Kawasaki Ret 7 9 40 David Jefferies Yamaha 9 14 DNQ DNQ 9 41 Kawasaki Ret 8 8 42 Kawasaki 8 Ret Ret DNS 8 43 Ducati 15 9 8 44 Rob McElnea Yamaha Ret Ret 10 14 8 45 Yamaha 10 14 23 19 8 46 Yamaha 31 19 13 16 19 Ret Ret DNS DNS 12 16 21 7 47 Jeremy McWilliams Ducati 10 Ret 6 48 Kawasaki 20 10 6 49 Yamaha 11 15 6 50 Ducati 15 18 16 11 DNS DNS 6 51 Kawasaki Ret 16 18 21 DNQ DNQ Ret 11 5 52 Kawasaki 15 12 5 53 Yamaha 19 Ret 14 17 16 14 20 14 Ret DNS 18 17 5 54 Steve Hislop Ducati 12 DNS 4 55 Yamaha 24 26 18 20 22 Ret 24 20 12 17 4 56 Yamaha 12 Ret 4 57 Yamaha 15 13 19 22 17 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 58 Ducati 15 11 18 Ret 3.5 59 Michael Rutter Kawasaki Ret Ret 13 17 3 60 Yamaha 18 13 3 61 Kawasaki 13 18 3 62 Kawasaki 15 14 3 63 Suzuki 14 17 2 64 Kawasaki Ret Ret 14 Ret 2 65 Mile Pajic Kawasaki 17 14 2 66 Kawasaki 17 14 2 67 Kawasaki 14 17 2 68 Yamaha 19 14 2 69 Ducati Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 2 70 Suzuki 15 18 1 71 Kawasaki Ret 15 1 72 Honda 27 15 1 73 Ducati 18 Ret 20 17 Ret 15 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 1 74 Kawasaki 19 15 20 18 1 75 Yamaha 15 Ret DNS DNS 1 Ducati Ret DNS Pos. Rider Bike Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

^‡ The second race in Zeltweg was stopped early due to rain; half points were awarded.^[4]

Manufacturers' standings[]

1993 final manufacturers' standings[3]
Pos.	Manufacturer																											Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2‡	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Ducati	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	6	1	1	4	1	2	4	4	1	470
2	Kawasaki	2	2	4	1	2	2	4	2	2	6	2	1	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	436
3	Yamaha	7	3	2	5	4	7	3	8	7	9	4	4	3	4	3	3	7	5	5	4	3	3	4	3	1	3	330.5
4	Honda	10	Ret	19	21	Ret	24	15	18	17	8	21	13	16	18			22	15	Ret	23	5	10	22	18			32
5	Suzuki	14	Ret	18	22	Ret	22	17	19	22	12	DNQ	DNQ	17	11	Ret	11	19	Ret			14	13	DNQ	DNQ	14	17	21
Pos.	Manufacturer																											Pts

^‡ The second race in Zeltweg was stopped early due to rain; half points were awarded.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• "1993 Qualifying & Race Results". wsb-archives.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018.